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carrs

carrs is the plural of carr.

Meaning of carr

Noun (1)

carr (plural carrs)

  1. Any marsh; marshy ground, swampland.
    • The marsh lands or ‘carrs’ that covered the low-lying floor of the vale could not be cultivated and the poorly drained flanks of the vale would be best used as pasture.2007, Kevin Leahy, The Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Lindsey, Tempus, published 2008, page 16
  2. In particular, a marsh or fen formed when the litter of decaying reeds (e.g. in a lake) raises the ground level above the water, allowing more vegetation like sedges and then low bushes or trees to grow; a marshy woodland. (Compare marsh, swamp, bog, fen.)

Noun (2)

carr (plural carrs)

  1. (Northumberland) Rock.

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Proper noun capitalized: Carrs

Carrs

  1. (plural) plural of Carr

Phrases with carrs

Questions about carrs

What is carrs the plural of?
Carrs is the plural of carr.
What part of speech is carrs?
Carrs is a proper noun.

Words near carrs in the dictionary

  1. carrows
  2. Carrozza
  3. Carrozzas
  4. carrozzi
  5. carrozzis
  6. carrs
  7. Carrs Creek
  8. Carrs Island
  9. Carrs Peninsula
  10. Carrubba
  11. Carrubbas

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